Register

DEFINITION 1: Written and complete record containing regular entries of items and details on particular set of objects.
SOURCE: Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE), "Terminology on Statistical Metadata", Conference of European Statisticians Statistical Standards and Studies, No. 53, Geneva, 2000.

DEFINITION 2: A set of files (paper, electronic, or a combination) containing the assigned data elements and the associated information.

CONTEXT: A register is a written and complete record containing regular entries of items and details on particular set of objects (Economic Commission for Europe of the United Nations (UNECE), "Terminology on Statistical Metadata", Conference of European Statisticians Statistical Standards and Studies, No. 53, Geneva,2000,http://www.unece.org/stats/publications/53metadaterminology.pdf
SOURCE: ISO/IEC International Standard 11179, Part 1, Framework for the specification and standardization of data elements, 1999.

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